SAG awards

It's awards season! the SAG awards were last night, and we've still got a host of other shows before we get down to the big night, the oscars. which are annoyingly on the day that I go back to uni, and thus the only ones that I can't watch despite being the ones I want to watch the most (side note: why do award shows always have to be on sundays? Like wouldn't Saturday be an equally good night for them, and would allow australians to actually watch the ceremony, ohh thats right football on saturday, I hate sports) Now I'm much more of a TV person than I am a movie person, but still, its the oscars!

anywho, I'll post more on the problems I have with award shows in general tomorrow, but some quick thoughts on the SAG awards

• TV nomination sucked. especially for actor/actresses Dude seriously did anyone actually watch any TV last year? I swear the only reason The closer and suits got a nom was because they were on cable, and theres this assumption that stuff on cable is always good, news flash, not true, I comment much on the winner, because I rarely watch american horror story, but no breaking bad, no Homeland  and although I'm biased, no Fringe? and then Harry's Law got a nomination? now that just adds insult to injury, well I guess the tourist scored a golden globe nom last year, so the SAG is entitled to a similar stuff-up
• movie winners were not at all what I, or probably anyone else was expecting, the guy from the artist beating out Clooney for best lead actor, not to mention the help upset, I mean good for them, and they were all very good films, but I am surprised, the SAG usually is pretty conventional, probably trying to rise in precedence to be taken seriously as an award ceremony
• The Help surged to victory, mainly because it wasn't excepted to pick up really anything, I suspect the african american factor, but good for them, this and more importantly the press now actually puts them in Oscar contention
• conversely comedy TV and miniseries awards were as stock as it comes, did the same group of people really vote for both? 

what really struck me is how important the BAFTA's are going to become in the Oscar race, with a much more spilt pack compared to most years, should be interesting by any matter